At 2/27/2005 01:25 PM (Sunday), Fabricio Araujo wrote:

> > Firebird cannot be SQL Server and should not try.
>
>The only good thing about MSSQL2k engine, and what we don't have on
>FB and is only attainable using application code is multidb server side
>SQL queries.

My apologies for speaking up without understanding the original context of
the discussion. If all you are requesting is SQL queries that cross
database boundaries, then I am in full support that this feature should be
added to Firebird at some point.

(I still think your argument sounded like "My app is designed to require
this and therefore I think Firebird should have it so I can avoid
re-design". This, I think, is a poor rationale to sell to the Firebird
team. Much better would be to point out that database replication and other
generic functionality would be much easier to accomplish using
multi-database SQL statements.)

Anyway, consider me a supporter of the request for multi-database SQL
statements (which expose the underlying capability of the engine).